Southern Railway 154 rounds a curve just past the CSX bridge crossing the Tennessee River with the 1:00pm run of the Christmas Lantern Express. This is the first time the 154 has been under steam ... (more)

History Lives! Shortly before the 611 night shoot session began at the N.C. Transportation Museum, I caught these two classic old diesels resting with the 611 in the background getting rea... (more)

The oldest operating Southern Railway steam locomotive rolls along the Holston River in downtown Knoxville with the second run of the Three Rivers Rambler Christmas Lantern Express.

Southern 4501 and 630 pose atop the Chickamauga Creek Bridge just outside the railroad' Grand Junction complex in Chattanooga, TN. The engines and their period freight consist were taking part in ... (more)

Southern 4501 does a photo runby putting on an amazing steam show in Rock Spring Georgia.

Tennessee Valley Railroad Museums dynamic duo featuring Southern Railway #630 & #4501 pull a Summerville trip up Missionary Ridge not far south of the Tennessee/Georgia state line.

630 leads the '01 and the Summerville excursion through Rossville. The hand-fired consolidation is doing the majority of the work evidenced by the plume of smoke, hiding an otherwise beautiful blu... (more)

SOU 2-8-0 #630 and 2-8-2 #4501 pass the Peerless Woolen Mill in Rossville, GA on their way to Summerville, GA 10/21/18.

SOU 2-8-0 #630, a 1904 Richmond product, and sister #4501, a 1911 Baldwin 2-8-2, team up on a Summerville, GA TVRM excursion running along Holtzclaw Ave. on the East Chattanooga Belt 10/21/18.

The Summerville Steam Special passes what is likely the most famous building in Rock Spring on a gorgeous fall afternoon.

In a field full of fallen leaves, the aptly named 'Autumn Leaf Special' rolls past Oakwood Baptist Church in Chickamauga, Georgia, with Southern 630 and Southern 4501 leading the 10-car train back... (more)

Southern Railway mikado No. 4501 tackles the Missionary Ridge grade out of Rossville as the Summerville Steam Special treks south. The foliage surrounding Chattanooga is at peak for the yea... (more)

Southern mikado No. 4501 makes its presence known before entering the east portal of the Missionary Ridge Tunnel as it leads the second to last Summerville Steam Special excursion of 2018.

Southern Railway 630 blows for a church crossing in Chickamauga, GA. She is double-heading with her bigger sister, 4501, to Summerville, GA.

Just on the outskirts of Chattanooga, 630 and big sister 4501 round a curve on their way with one of the last trains of the season. If you look very close, in bright blue chalk on the front of 630... (more)